Where does “parvikala” come from?

parvikala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

parvikala (Finnish): a fish that tends to school together

Definitions

  1. a fish that tends to school together

Ancestry of “parvikala”, step by step

parvikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish parvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparvigroup of animals; group, cluster; cluster
2Proto-Finnicparviflock, group of animals
3Proto-Finno-Ugricparwɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →